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University stars on the Road to Rio

Three sporting alumni from The University of Nottingham have been selected to compete for Team GB at the Rio Olympics next month. Nick Catlin, who graduated in History, Harry Martin, an Economics alumnus, and George Pinner, who graduated in Management Studies, have been successful in team selection. They will be joined by former University of …

Want an Olympic medal? Better head to Nottingham

It’s official: The University of Nottingham was the country’s second most successful university at London 2012. And, in terms of English universities, Nottingham was number one – with Edinburgh the only British uni to do better. And with cyclist Chris Hoy and rower Catherine Grainger in its arsenal, it was hardly fair. Nottingham graduates combined …

Alumni gather in London to celebrate games

Campaign and Alumni Relations Office journalist Simon Harvey reports from an evening of Olympic celebration and inspiration in London. At 8am on Thursday morning University of Nottingham alumna Anna Kent (Nursing 2003) finished a midwifery shift at the City Hospital in Nottingham. She went home, got changed, caught the train and arrived in London in …